The truth about copyright: even successful authors can’t live on the royalties publishers pay them
Copyright is built on a lie that most people seem to accept: artists can make a decent living from the current system of rewards that copyright provides. As…
Juicy licensing deals with AI companies show that publishers don’t really care about creators
One of the many interesting aspects of the current enthusiasm for generative AI is the way that it has electrified the formerly rather sleepy world of copyright. Where…
Ebook pledge aims to protect libraries and authors from publishers’ growing abuse of copyright
There’s a whole chapter of Walled Culture the book (free digital versions available) devoted to the serious attack on libraries and their traditional functions that is being carried…